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♂ Francis G. O'Brien
aliasFrancis G. O'Brien
Record
46667 · 5680

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 15 December 1927 → 96 years + 4 months ago
Lived 92 years + 8 months
First mandate 27 September 1982 → 41 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 9 months
Death 15 August 2020 → 3 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 2 months after 28 May 1989
Special notes
None
 
Francis G. O'Brien (1927–2020) 200x287
© Photo 2020 North Shore Funeral Home via CBC — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 6 7 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Walter Bradley  m 
 		 ⊕ Lawrence A. MacAulay  m 
 
Eligible: 2,080 Votes: 1,952 Participation: 93.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2512(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 1/2 1,076 57.54% +282 Loser:
LIB
 794 42.46% Brian E. McGuire

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,097 Votes: 2,007 Participation: 95.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2480(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 1,037 52.24% +168 Loser:
LIB
 869 43.78% Lawrence A. MacAulay

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,129 Votes: 1,971 Participation: 92.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2448(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
PC
 2/2 805 42.32% -292 Winner:
LIB
 1,097 57.68% Walter Bradley

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
O'Brien, Francis Gerard "Junior"		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Francis (Junior) O'Brien		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Francis O'Brien (Canadian politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 21:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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